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Daily outline for 3-day Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam
Preparation
DAY 1 ·
DAY 2 ·
DAY 3 ·
DAY 4DAY 1
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KICK-OFF
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Class introductions |
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Exam strategies (tips &
tricks) |
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Recommended test process |
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Formulas, process charts,
common names & mnemonics |
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PMBOK Guide Review –
Contents & Structure |
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Baseline exam - where you
stand and what your up against (40 questions)
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Project Management
Introduction (Framework) - PMBOK Chapters 1, 2 & 3
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Framework Introduction - PM
Concepts, abbreviations, acronyms and definitions
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Facilitated study (1 hour) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (30 minutes) |
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Review selected questions
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Integration Management -
PMBOK Chapters 4
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Integration Introduction -
PM Processes, organization structures, project vs program
vs portfolio, project life cycle, stakeholders influence
over time, enterprise environmental factor, Organizational
process assets, process for making change, administrative
closure, contract closure, lessons learned. |
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Facilitated study (1 hour) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (30 minutes) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions
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Scope Management -PMBOK
Chapters 5
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Scope introduction - WBS,
WBS dictionary, 8/80 rule, rolling wave planning,
decomposition, progressive elaboration, work package,
control account, planning package, code of account and
chart of account |
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Facilitated study (1 hour) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (30 minutes) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions |
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Day 1 Closing
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Homework assignments |
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 Back to
the top
DAY 2
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Day 1 Review
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Memorization dump
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Formulas, process charts and
mnemonics
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Time management - PMBOK
Chapters 6
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Time Introduction - PDM vs
ADM, network diagramming, forward pass, backward pass,
calculate float, PERT vs 3-point estimate, probability |
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Facilitated study (1 hour) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (1 hour 30
minutes) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions
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Cost Management - PMBOK
Chapters 7
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Cost Introduction - Earned
Value Analysis, build vs buy. |
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Facilitated study (1 hour) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (1 hour) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions
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Quality Management - PMBOK
Chapters 8
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Quality Introduction
- Process chart, 7 basic tools of quality, probability,
PERT, standard deviation, task variance and project
variance |
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Facilitated study (1 hour) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (30 minutes) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions |
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Back to
the top
DAY 3
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Day 2 Review
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Memorization dump
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Formulas, process charts and
mnemonics
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Human Resource Management -
PMBOK Chapters 9
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HR introduction - Maslow,
McGregor, McLelland, Vroom, Theories X, Y & Z |
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Facilitated study (1 hour) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (30 minutes) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions
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Communication Management -
PMBOK Chapters 10
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Communications Introduction
- communication model, performance reporting,
administrative closure, communication styles
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Facilitated study (45
minutes) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (30 minutes) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions
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Risk Management - PMBOK
Chapters 11
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Risk Introduction - expected
monetary value (EMV), decision trees, risk and contract
types |
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Facilitated study (1 hour 30
minutes) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (45 minutes) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions
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Procurement Management -
PMBOK Chapters 12
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Procurement Introduction -
risk and contract types, buyer/seller ratio, calculate
fees, Point of Total Assumption (PTA) |
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Facilitated study (1 hour) |
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Listen to class audio (50
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (30 minutes) |
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EXAM (40 questions) |
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Review selected questions |
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Back to
the top
DAY 4
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Day 3 Review
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Memorization dump
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Formulas, process charts and
mnemonics
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Professional Responsibility
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Responsibility to Profession
Responsibility to Public Professional Responsibilities |
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Facilitated study (30
minutes) |
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Listen to class audio (20
minutes) |
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Class Exercise (1 hour)
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General Review of all
knowledge areas (2 hours)
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FINAL EXAM
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Memorization dump -
formulas, process charts and mnemonics (20 minutes)
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Final Exam (4 hours)
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Closing
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One-on-one score Review
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Course completion
certificate |
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Where to go from here? |
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Back to
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